Garment supporter



June 3, 1924. 1,496,328

D. M. STIRTON GARMENT SUPPORTER Filed semi s 1921 new Patented ,inne 3, EQ2-a DAVID M. STIRTON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

GARMENT S Urroarna.

Application filed-September 3, 1921. Serial No. 498,284.

`will be yset forth in part hereinafter and in part will be obvious herefrom, or may i be learned by practice with the invention,

the same being realized and attained by means of the instrumentalities and combinations pointed out in the appended claims.

The invention consists in the novel parts, constructions, arrangements, combinations and improvements herein shown and described. n

The accompanying drawings, referred to herein and constituting a part hereof, illustrate one embodiment of the invention, and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention.

Of the drawings F ig. l is a front elevation of a supporter embodying the invention shown in the same position as when supporting a garment;

F ig. 2 is a detached detail of the outer member of the support; f

Fig. 3 is a cross section on the line 3--3 of Fig. t is a detached detail of the inner member, showing its attachment of the sup porting fabric strip;

F ig. 5 is a detached' detail of the inner member alone with the roller in section to show the ends of the wire;

Figs. 6 and 7 arel detachedY details of the buckle. l

Referring now in detail to the present preferred embodiment of the invention..

herewith illustrated by way of example, and

describing primarily the embodied formY of the outer member of the garment supporter, it comprises a flat back plate 1. This plate has its sides beveled or inclined inwardly and upwardly` and two flanges 2 and 3 extend from said beveled sides, respectively, the flanges being bent forwardly from the back plate 1 and then inwardly or toward each other, to form a receptacle for receiving the inner garment supporting member, which is described later. The edges7 especially the bottom edges, of the flanges 2 and 3 are preferably rounded as shown in Fig. 1 tomore readily take the inner member. Y

In accordance with one feature of the invention, the outer member of the supporter is of rigid material and is lined with apliable material against which the garment is pressed by the inner member of thesupport. As embodied, the outer member of the support is of metal and the pliable lining is of fabric, t-he strip of fabric which supports or carries the `outer member being preferably utilized for this purpose. A strip of fabric 8 is attached at its upper end to the shoulderstrap, corset or other garment, and is provided with a buckle 9' to adjust its length. In the loop 10 so formed, a lshapedmetal loop ll'is hung. Y

A loop 15 of tape or .other suitable fabric is run through this metal loop 11, and from this loop '415 the outer member of the garment supporter is hung. To Vincorporate the lining feature, slots 1G andl are formed in the back plate 1 and these also extend into the bent flanges 2 and 3, and the tape 15 is sufficiently wide at it-slower part to extend not only across the back plate l but also up along and within the flanges 2 and 3, asv best appears from Fig. 3. The two ends of the tape 15 are shown united to the body thereof at 18.

Referring now to the inner member of the garment supporter, it is adapted to form a` lit within the upwardly and inwardly in- `clined lips or flanges 2 and 3 of the outer member and to resiliently press therewithin and thereagainst. As embodied, this inner member comprises a resilient wire loop, having its sides 22 and 23 upwardly and -inwardly inclined at the same inclination as` and so as to nest within, the flanges 2 and 3 of the outer member, as already described To effect the resilient action, the bottom reach 24 of the loop is open, that is the two ends 25 and 26 are slightly spaced apart, the wire having .sufficient spring to exert the necessary supporting pressure on the 'supported garment. By this construction an efficient pressure sufficient to supportl the garment is secured irrespective of variations in the-'thickness of different garments, and the fabric lining of the outer member affords an eficient friction surface on the opposite side of the supported` garment.

The resilient loop will also malte contact with the outer member throughout its length, which would not be the case if it were of rigid material.

Preferably, a hollow roller 27 is mounted on the lower reach Q4 of the loop to cover the ends 25 and 26 of the wire. This roller also eiiects holding and supporting contact with the garment and thus gives additional fric'tional ypressure upon, and support of, the garment. l

As shown, the inner member above the garment-supporting side reaches 22 and 23, already described, is brought'together into two parallel and substantially contacting parts 30 and 3l and at its top is enlarged into a transversely extending loop 32, which is hung from the wire loop l1 by a bent or hooked metal sheet 33. The spring in the wire of the inner member has its support or fulcrum from this closed-together part just described. The contacting parts 3() and 3l together form a handle or linger-piece for convenient manipulation of the inner member in Yfastening and unt'astening the device. The tape l5 is made somewhat longer 4than the inner member and its support, to secure the necessary holding action.

Referring now to the means for adjusting the length of the garment' or hose supjiorter, it is designed to lie flat, to prevent creeping from adjusted position, to be easily adjustable, and is without fabric puncturing pins. As embodied` said means con'iprises a flat plate 3G, having a central bar 37 struck up therefrom to receive the end 38 of the fabric therebeneath and to press thereon to Ahold it firmly in position. On either side of the bar is a slot through the plate, these slots 39 and 40, being non-'rectilinear across the plate, that is, they are either curved or angled, the central part of the slots'being either nearer to or farther away from the bar 37 than the sides or ends ofthe slots. The fabric held by the bar 37 passes through the upper slot 39 and downwardly on the back of the buckle, passing through the loop 'll and thence ,from the inside or back ot plate 36, through'slot 40, and passing across the front ot' plate 36, it passes again through slot 39 to the back face of plate "36 and thence upwardly to the garment or other article from which it is hung. l

The invention in its broader aspectsl is not limited to the specific mechanisms shown and describedbut departures may be made therefrom within the scope of the accompanying claims without departing from the principles of the invention and without sacrificing its chief` advantages.

That r4'.[claim is i 1. "A-garment supporter including incombination an outer member having inwardly and upwardlyinclined flanges for receiving an inner member and a resilient inner member formed ofa lloop of wire open at its bottoni reach and having its sides upwardly and inwardly inclined to lit within and resiliently press against said anges to support the "garment,

2. A garment supporter including in conr bination an outer member having inwardly and upwardly inclined flanges for receiving an inner member and a resilient inner member formed of a loop of ywire having its sides upwardly and inwardly inclin'ed to lit within and resiliently -vpress against said flanges to support the garment, and a hollow roller on the bottom reach of said loop to assist in supporting the garment. Y

3. A garment supporter including 'in combination an outer member' 'having inwardly and upwardly inclined flanges for receiving an inner member and a resilient inner meniber formed of a loop of wire open'at its bottom reach and having its sides upwardly and inwardly inclined to lit within and resiliently press against said flanges to support the garment, and a hollow roller on said bottom reach of said loop to hold the open ends in alinement.

4. A garment supporter, including in combination an outer member having inwardly kand upwardly inclined flanges and having a pair of transverse rslots extending across the member 'and into the flanges, a flexible member, substantially as wide as said slots, 'and threaded through the same, for supporting said outer member and for lining the interior of the said outer member and the interior of the flanges, and an inner member inwardly and upwardly inclined, for fitting within said outer member. l

5. A garment supporter, including in combination an outer member having inwardly'and upwardly inclined flanges, and a resilient inner member formed of a loop ot' wire, the lower ends of which are free and the lower sides ot' which are inwardly and upwardly inclined, and the upper sides 'of which are in contact for a substantial distance for forming a linger-piece.

6. A garment supporter, including in combination an outer member having inwardly 'and upwardly inclined flanges, Land a resilientinnermember formed'o'f va loop of wire, the sides of which press Voutwardly to lock a garment within theflanges and which yields inwardlylto release the garment from the flanges.

In 'testimony wwhereof, I have signed mv name to thisspeciiication. L

DAVID STIRTON. 

